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# The crazy games they played in the USSR because they couldn’t play ours
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/crazy-games-they-played-ussr-because-they-couldnt-play-ours/
- Published: 2012-12-12T16:11:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:44:30.000Z
- Description: Today, Russia makes atmospheric and weird games like Metro 2033, still available for free by liking THQ’s page on Facebook. Back in the wine-stain birthmark days, when playing American games was niche-niche, they played an arcade submarine-battle game called Morskoi Boy, which was not made in a game
- Author: Joseph Bernstein
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/previously/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/morskoi2.jpg)

Today, Russia makes atmospheric and weird games like [*Metro 2033*](http://killscreendaily.com/headlines/you-can-get-metro-2033-free-liking-thqs-facebook-page-desperation-stinky-cologne-and-great-deal/?ref=killscreen.com), still available for free by liking THQ’s page on Facebook. Back in the wine-stain birthmark days, when playing American games was *niche-niche*, they played an arcade submarine-battle game called *Morskoi Boy,* which was [not made in a game shop](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/museum%5Fof%5Fsoviet%5Farcade%5Fmachines%5Fi%5Fgot%5Fa%5Fpocket%5Ffull%5Fof%5Frubles?ref=killscreen.com):

> The game above is called *Morskoi Boy*, literally “Sea Battle.” Of course, being Soviet, it was was government-produced, making use of national manufacturing. So, it was *actually* made in a submarine factory, and the periscope is an *actual* submarine periscope. While presumptuous American minds frequently ask if this was some sort of Cold War training machine, Pinigin and Stakhanov insist that the game was just for fun and entertainment.